The poll of 632 Pennsylvania voters was from Sept. 18 through Sunday for a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent. The survey includes 392 interviews with likely voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percent.

And in a new Quinnipiac University swing-state poll out this morning, Obama leads Romney in the key states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania:

“Gov.
Mitt Romney had a bad week in the media and it shows in these key swing
states,” Quinnipiac pollster Peter A. Brown said in a statement.“The furor over his 47 percent remark almost certainly is a
major factor in the roughly double-digit leads President Barack Obama has in Florida,
Ohio and Pennsylvania. The debates may
be Romney’s best chance to reverse the trend in his favor.”

Casey holds a narrower 49 percent to 43 percent lead over Smith in the Quinnipiac canvass.

The Quinnipiac poll was conducted from Sept. 18 through Monday. In Pennsyvlania, the sample includes 1,180 voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percent.

Former State Rep. Steve Stetler ...
... was sentenced to 18 months to five years in prison Tuesday after being convicted in the Bonusgate public corruption probe. The sentencing took place in Dauphin County Court, the AP reports.

What Goes On.
With the rain, we're assuming that the location will be moved. But at 11 a.m., at the Capitol Fountain, there's an Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

What Goes On (Nakedly Political Edition).
State Rep. Jerry Knowles, R-Schuylkill, holds an 8 a.m. fund-raiser at the Hilton. Admission is a flat $250.
State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Philadelphia, holds his own breakfast fund-raiser at Molly Brannigan's pub on Second Street. Admission runs $250 to $1,000.

You Say It's Your Birthday Dept.
Best wishes go out this morning to longtime Friend O'the BlogTeresa Colarusso of Lackawanna County and to readers Tony Bolger of Levittown and Rick Van Luvender of Havertown.

That's about it for now. We'll be back later this morning with much, much more.